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# Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c5.1320

Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c5.1320

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### [c5.1320](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.reference.mani-1975.c5.1320)

| Dvādaśādityas. | Sign of the Zodiac. | Colour |  
| 1 Varuṇa. | Meṣa (Aries) | Black. |  
| 2 Sūrya (Sun) | Ṛṣabha (Taurus) | Blood-colour. |  
| 3 Sahasrāṃśu | Mithuna (Gemini) | Slightly redcolour. |  
| 4 Dhātā | Karkaṭaka (Cancer) | Yellow. |  
| 5 Tapana | Siṃha (Leo) | White. |  
| 6 Savitā | Kanyā (Virgo) | Pure white. |  
| 7 Gabhasti | Tulā (Libra) | tawny colour. |  
| 8 Ravi | Vṛścika (Scorpio) | Yellow. |  
| 9 Parjanya | Dhanu (Sagittarius) | Parrot-colour. |  
| 10 Tvaṣṭā | Makara (Capricorn) | Snow-white. |  
| 11 Mitra | Kumbha (Aquarius) | Smoky hue. |  
| 12 Viṣṇu² | Mīna (Pisces) | Blue. |

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